Leather-slicker



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

H. LEE SUL'IZBACH, OF MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LEATHER-SLICKER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,098, dated April 27, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Il. LEE SULTZBAoi-r, if the borough of Marietta, Lancaster county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tools called Slickers, used by curriers to whiten and buff leather; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of the specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view. Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; and Fig. 3 a transverse section.

A, Fig. l, represents a knob in the center ot' the handle of the adjustable slicker, which by being pressed upon slides the bolt B, off oi" the neck C, the latter being hidden in Fio'. l, and seen in Fig. 3. The pressure on the@ knob relieves the blade D, in Fig. l, and

thus enables it to be adjusted in the three different. positions that curriers are required to use it. The pressure being removed from the knob, the force of the spiral spring as seen in Fig. l, holds the blade firmly in either of the three positions.

Fig. 4 represents an end view of my machine, showing the three positions of blade D.

The advantages of the adjustable slicker are, 1st, the dropping of the blade which will enable the currier, to cut horizontal and with the full width of the blade; 2nd, the position of the blade, will enable him to make a much cleaner and smoother cut, 3d, the adjusting of the slicker will cause it to hold its edges much better.

lith the stationary blade slic'ker now in use the Currier cannot cut more than half the width of the blade, and that is more of a scraping process than a clean smooth cut.

That I claim as my invent-ion and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The arrangement of the bolt B with the blade D operated by the knob A and spring, or its equivalent in the manner and for the purpose specified.

H. LEE SULTZBACH.

litnesses E. D. ROATH, J. H. GROVE. 

